Tag: Rodriguez

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  Pedro Rodríguez: Catalogue of Maria Brillas’s Dresses

  Thanks to Paco Peralta,* I received a review copy of the new book from Museu Tèxtil i d’Indumentària de Barcelona, Pedro Rodríguez: Catalogue of Maria Brillas’s Dresses. The museum’s collection of Pedro Rodríguez’ work was recently expanded when it acquired the wardrobe of Maria Brillas (1905-1992), a Barcelona society lady who dressed exclusively in Rodríguez…

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  Sarah Sheehan

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  October 21, 2013

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  Mad Men Era 5: The Europeans

  This week, four established European designers who were based in Spain and Italy: Rodriguez, Simonetta, Fabiani, and Pucci. Rodríguez (1895-1990) Born in Valencia, Pedro Rodríguez opened his first salon in Barcelona in 1918. During the Spanish Civil War he relocated to Paris, but returned to Spain when the war ended. Although little-known outside his country,…

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  Sarah Sheehan

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  May 2, 2012